Noise eliminator



Jan. 10, 1939. GROTZ 2,143,313

NOISE ELIMINATOR Filed Oct. 7, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor Patented Jan. 10, 1939 2,143,313

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NOISE ELIMINATOR Homer M. Grotz, Brentwood, N. Y.

Application October 7, 1937, Serial No. 167,824

1 Claim. (01. 16-86) This invention appertains to new and useful is secured by machine screw H to the boss formaimprovements in means for eliminating noise in tion l8 on the wall 8. A strip spring I9 has its doors and various other closures. intermediate portion resting against the boss I8 An important object of the invention is to and the end portion of this spring I9 engages provide means for attachment to a door, door against the inner edge portion of the snubber 5 jamb or door stop whereby the shock of slamming 13. The intermediate portion of the snubber I3 a door will be absorbed, and moreover loose at its inner ed is C y as at doors will be prevented from vibrating due to air Thus it can be seen that when the snubber I3 currents and the like, thus entirely eliminating mounted on the door strikes the door jamb or noise. when the door strikes the snubber I3 mounted in Other important objects and advantages of the on the door jarn'o or stop it will yield inwardly, invention will become apparent to the reader of hard s ck t e p y the e l sprin 9- the following specification. A modified form of the invention is shown in In the drawings: Figures 6 and 7. This form of the invention dis- Figure 1 represents a fragmentary edge elevacloses the door 5' rabbeted along one edge porlo tional View of a, door, door jamb or door stop tion to receive the unit generally referred to equipped with the ab rb r, by 6'. The unit 5 includes the plate I having Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view a n n l y extended flange 0 i i in of the door, door jamb or door stop. one side of the door 5. The flange 0 is p Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially vided with a slot I2 throug Which One edge 20 on line 3-3 of Figure 1. portion of the snubber I3 projects. The snub- Figure 4 is a perspective View of the spring all its mid-Point s p ov ded With a employed in the form shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. longitudinally extending V Y for re- Figure 5 is an inside elevational view of the oeiving e bev P jecting nw y device. from the plate I. In this construction the inner 25 Figure 6 is a sectional view showing a. modified plate I6 is eliminated, the beveled rib being placed form of structure. directly on the outer plate I. A flange 8 ex- Figure 7 is an inside elevational view of the tends wa d y from the plate and backs the modified form of invention. snubber I3.

Figure 8 is a perspective i of th in While the foregoing specification sets forth the 30 plate of the form of the invention shown in invention in Specific m it is to e under- Figure 3. stood that numerous changes in the shape. size Referring to th drawin s, wher i lik and materials may be resorted to without deerals designate like parts, it can be seen that parture from the spirit and scope of the invennumeral 5 denotes the jamb edge of a door, door tion as a d er. 35 jamb or door stop which has a portion bb c d Having described the invention, what is claimed to accommodate a noise eliminating device, genas ew s erally referred to by numeral 6. This device con- A snubber 0f the a ac r c bed Comprissists of the plate I having the wall 8 along one s Case having an Opening e n. a re ilient longitudinal edge portion, the two end walls 9-9 bleek dably disposed in the ca e and having 40 and the face flange In which extends the entire a portion protruding hr the p nin he length of the plate I. This plate I is provided inner d e p rti n f th block in p vi with openings ll therein, through which securing with an int rme i w p r n d fin n elements may be disposed for securing the device a p c all elongated strip spring sposed in place. against the inner edge of the block and bridging 45 The flange I0 is provided with a slot l2 therein the said pocket, the inner most wall of the case through which one longitudinal edge portion of being provided wi a boss f ing he the resilient snubber I3 can project. This snubintermediate portion of the strip spring at at her I3 is provided with the grooveway I4 therein point pp d t0 the Docket 0f the block. and

which receives the beveled rib I5 which projects means for limiting the extent of movement out- 50 from the back plate I6. This back plate I6 at one Wardly of the said block. edge, abuts the flange I0 and at its opposite end HOMER M. GROTZ. 

